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Void77 · May 04, 2010, 01:17 AM // 01:17

Hey there GW Fans and Comm!

Been out of the loop for about 3 years now on Guild wars, i logged in yesterday to see whats up and cant quiet figure out whats the "in" thing these days,

Do people still run FoW? , whats the "everybodys doing it" in EoTN? i figure i should complete EoTN on my monk/mesmer, how about classes? can you solo monk still? whats the solo or "class combo to have!" ?

Are my green weps from the dwarves in southern shiverpeaks still the top weps?

Hows the pvp? Whats everyone doing to keep them entertained? i noticed there was new content released in preparation for Guild Wars 2, where do I go to see this (not the costumes but I think i read new missions somewhere?)

I felt so out of the loop when i logged in, I left right about the time EoTN came out, i had only gone so far on my monk to the new charr lands,

I guess i should complete the Storyline for now, but after that let me know whats the new fad in town!

Chronos the Defiler · May 04, 2010, 02:37 AM // 02:37

My advice is to avoid the "fads" and "what's in" and just play how you wanna play :P

I never really did the whole farming thing, and could care less which class can solo (I still roll everywhere with my warrior)

Play the game, join up in an active guild and start playing to find out!

Infanta · May 04, 2010, 02:39 AM // 02:39

Uh if you left right before eotn came out, your SF greens were outdated a long time ago...

makafri · May 04, 2010, 02:40 AM // 02:40

lol... you almost come back to a totally different game...

fow runs are still popullar, in EoTN the people usually do the dungeons, not much solo in the game... most popullar farms were nerfed 600 for example... the greens from the southern shiverpeaks are not longer valuable... about pvp I cant say much... but there are some big changes too a new are called codex, there are not longer TA and HB... just play the game you will be fine

Magic Wut Huh Asdf · May 04, 2010, 02:43 AM // 02:43

Misleading topic title. I thought you were simply informing all of us you would be stepping away from the computer for approximately three years.

**Marty Silverblade** · May 04, 2010, 02:46 AM // 02:46

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Originally Posted by Void77

Hey there GW Fans and Comm!

Been out of the loop for about 3 years now on Guild wars, i logged in yesterday to see whats up and cant quiet figure out whats the "in" thing these days

If you've been out that long, just try to relearn the game. See what builds are being requested in the missions.

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Do people still run FoW?

Pretty much anything can be completed now in 30 mins or so, often with teams of only 2-3 people. Elite areas don't really have any status anymore.

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whats the "everybodys doing it" in EoTN?

Everyone is filling their Hall of Monuments. Basically you put things in like Destroyer/Tormented weapons, minipets, etc. Stuff you put in your HoM will give you some kind of cool stuff in GW2. We have no idea what yet though.

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how about classes? can you solo monk still?

Monks don't usually solo anymore. They used 600/Smite for a while (duo monk team), but that got a nerf recently. Don't know how usable it is now, but it's nowhere near as good as it was.

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whats the solo or "class combo to have!" ?

Assassins. Shadow Form makes you invincible. Anet tried to nerf it, but ended up making it better. That sums up how good Anet is at balancing (it also took them about 3-4 times as long to get the update out as they told us, which didn't help).

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Are my green weps from the dwarves in southern shiverpeaks still the top weps?

Nope. Mostly Prophecies greens are complete junk. Now Anet has added tons of greens with perfect mods (as in, good ones, not like lightning damage bows). You're even allowed to pick one every time a character finishes a campaign.

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Hows the pvp?

People say it's dying. I wouldn't know really, I've never been into it much.

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Whats everyone doing to keep them entertained?

Filling their HoM. People who have been playing for a long time are leaving because there simply isn't anything else to do. New players are still rolling in though, so the community is still decently large.

Oh, and speed clears, as previously mentioned. Beating the Underworld in 10 mins or so. Can't remember what it is since Shadow Form was changed.

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I felt so out of the loop when i logged in, I left right about the time EoTN came out, i had only gone so far on my monk to the new charr lands,

Don't be concerned. There are heaps of new people. Join a guild if that will help you get on your feet again. The changes have mostly been with skills, so it's just a matter of refamiliarising yourself.

snaek · May 04, 2010, 02:53 AM // 02:53

gw today is all about farming and grinding with a little bit of botting on the side.

Gabriel of Ravn · May 04, 2010, 03:54 AM // 03:54

Marty summed it up perfectly

majoho · May 04, 2010, 09:01 AM // 09:01

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Originally Posted by snaek

gw today is all about farming and grinding with a little bit of botting on the side.

It is what you make it.

Personally I don't see any need to farm.

Terrible Surgeon · May 04, 2010, 09:04 AM // 09:04

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Originally Posted by Gabriel of Ravn

Marty summed it up perfectly

Yeah but so did Snaek

LicensedLuny · May 04, 2010, 09:09 AM // 09:09

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Originally Posted by Void77

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Are my green weps from the dwarves in southern shiverpeaks still the top weps?
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Very few greens from anywhere are particularly valuable these days, but be careful about the generalization that all the old SF greens are junk!

A lot of the SF greens' stats are considered far from ideal these days. If the particular green (from anywhere) doesn't have a unique skin and/or an especially useful/popular combination of mods, it's not likely to be worth much. Some with nice stats and skin get oversupplied with the current farms, but there hasn't been a lot of farming in SF for years now.

There a number of SF greens that are still quite popular and pricey (for greens anyway.) Many have skins one cannot acquire in any other form in PvE (Tanzit's Defender, Willcrusher, and Drago's Flatbow spring to mind, but there may be others. I still notice a fair number of wtb ads for those, and there aren't a lot of folks farming SF for greens like back in the day.) Rago's Flame Staff and Galigord's Stone Staff don't get the kind of prices they used to, but they're far from merch food. Functionally, they're not bad, and nostalgia seems to help keep the value up.

Cheers & WB!
Luny

ightgg · May 04, 2010, 10:42 AM // 10:42

Psst
Can we tell him guildwars is dead and everyones botting?

majoho · May 04, 2010, 10:55 AM // 10:55

Only idiots bot.

Gabriel of Ravn · May 04, 2010, 11:02 AM // 11:02

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Originally Posted by Terrible Surgeon

Yeah but so did Snaek

Um really the only question that person answered was what is everyone doing right now

*Darcy* · May 04, 2010, 11:27 AM // 11:27

If you've been gone for 3 years, then treat it like a new game. It's impossible to list all the changes. If you left before it started, GW has in-game access to a wiki via F10 or Help on menu or /wiki in chat.

Ritualists, assassins are the main solo farmers. Warriors got a nice buff this year and mesmers are next. Henchmen skills were revised. PvP henchmen were all replaced with winning builds from a contest so are more effective. Team Arena and Hero Battles have been replaced with Codex Arena. The current "War in Kryta" is the in-thing - things are heating up between Shining Blade and White Mantle. And so on.....

Lord Dagon · May 04, 2010, 03:25 PM // 15:25

Also w/ that henchmen buff in pvp they left out zaishen elite if you ever did that. Thought that was kinda sad. But yea i cant really sumerize it better then marty thats the way it looks nowadays(but i dont think its right that the uW and stuff is worthless you cant roll that area or any elite area w/ 2~3ppl.)

Gabriel of Ravn · May 04, 2010, 06:21 PM // 18:21

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Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade

Oh, and speed clears, as previously mentioned. Beating the Underworld in 10 mins or so. Can't remember what it is since Shadow Form was changed.

Last I heard was 23 minutes but I don't keep up with those times really.

May 04, 2010, 01:17 AM // 01:17	#1
Void77 Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2010	Hey GW Community, afk for ~3 years Hey there GW Fans and Comm! Been out of the loop for about 3 years now on Guild wars, i logged in yesterday to see whats up and cant quiet figure out whats the "in" thing these days, Do people still run FoW? , whats the "everybodys doing it" in EoTN? i figure i should complete EoTN on my monk/mesmer, how about classes? can you solo monk still? whats the solo or "class combo to have!" ? Are my green weps from the dwarves in southern shiverpeaks still the top weps? Hows the pvp? Whats everyone doing to keep them entertained? i noticed there was new content released in preparation for Guild Wars 2, where do I go to see this (not the costumes but I think i read new missions somewhere?) I felt so out of the loop when i logged in, I left right about the time EoTN came out, i had only gone so far on my monk to the new charr lands, I guess i should complete the Storyline for now, but after that let me know whats the new fad in town!

May 04, 2010, 11:27 AM // 11:27	#15
Darcy Never Too Old Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests Guild: Order of First Profession: W/R	If you've been gone for 3 years, then treat it like a new game. It's impossible to list all the changes. If you left before it started, GW has in-game access to a wiki via F10 or Help on menu or /wiki in chat. Ritualists, assassins are the main solo farmers. Warriors got a nice buff this year and mesmers are next. Henchmen skills were revised. PvP henchmen were all replaced with winning builds from a contest so are more effective. Team Arena and Hero Battles have been replaced with Codex Arena. The current "War in Kryta" is the in-thing - things are heating up between Shining Blade and White Mantle. And so on..... __________________ That's me, the old stick-in-the-mud non-fun moderator. (and non-understanding, also)

May 04, 2010, 02:37 AM // 02:37	#2
Chronos the Defiler Desert Nomad Join Date: May 2005 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Profession: W/	My advice is to avoid the "fads" and "what's in" and just play how you wanna play :P I never really did the whole farming thing, and could care less which class can solo (I still roll everywhere with my warrior) Play the game, join up in an active guild and start playing to find out!

May 04, 2010, 02:39 AM // 02:39	#3
Infanta Academy Page Join Date: Apr 2010	Uh if you left right before eotn came out, your SF greens were outdated a long time ago...

May 04, 2010, 02:40 AM // 02:40	#4
makafri Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2010	lol... you almost come back to a totally different game... fow runs are still popullar, in EoTN the people usually do the dungeons, not much solo in the game... most popullar farms were nerfed 600 for example... the greens from the southern shiverpeaks are not longer valuable... about pvp I cant say much... but there are some big changes too a new are called codex, there are not longer TA and HB... just play the game you will be fine

May 04, 2010, 02:43 AM // 02:43	#5
Magic Wut Huh Asdf Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Oct 2006 Guild: Our Peaceful Aria [Live] Profession: R/Me	Misleading topic title. I thought you were simply informing all of us you would be stepping away from the computer for approximately three years.

May 04, 2010, 02:53 AM // 02:53	#7
snaek Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2006 Profession: N/	gw today is all about farming and grinding with a little bit of botting on the side.

May 04, 2010, 03:54 AM // 03:54	#8
Gabriel of Ravn Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Virginia Guild: None, retired to GW2. Profession: W/A	Marty summed it up perfectly

May 04, 2010, 10:42 AM // 10:42	#12
ightgg Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2008 Profession: Rt/	Psst Can we tell him guildwars is dead and everyones botting?

May 04, 2010, 10:55 AM // 10:55	#13
majoho Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Denmark	Only idiots bot.

May 04, 2010, 03:25 PM // 15:25	#16
Lord Dagon Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Inside the Oblivion Gate Guild: The Imperial Guards of Istan[TIGE] Profession: E/Me	Also w/ that henchmen buff in pvp they left out zaishen elite if you ever did that. Thought that was kinda sad. But yea i cant really sumerize it better then marty thats the way it looks nowadays(but i dont think its right that the uW and stuff is worthless you cant roll that area or any elite area w/ 2~3ppl.)